hi tomasz, thanks for your answers. unfortunately i misworded my problem again. i have a very clear problem and i am looking for a solution of this problem (if it is basic or not) and i am not using RedHatEL/CentOS/Fedora. i am looking for a solution which is applicable to every linux os and not only for some. so here again my problem: i am looking for the possibility to install a psql client (without a server) FROM THE SOURCE. my usecase is: one server with a postgresql-server (self compiled) and several workstations with psql-clients, also preferred self compiled. i know that is possible to compile at every workstation the sourcecode of the server to get a psql-client. but the side effect is, that in this case i have a potential server at every workstation and in my opinion that is a very large footprint. i have to compile psql for myself because otherwise (installing binaries with packaging tools) i have no (or minimal) control about the version of the client. i think that is a use case which can be applied to the needs of many people (for example: oracle offers also client-only-packages which are containing sql+, ...) regards and please excuse my unclear question christian p.s. i don't want to change to RedHatEL/CentOS/Fedora > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Tomasz Ostrowski [mailto:tometzky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. August 2008 13:01 > An: Strobl, Christian > Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: AW: looking for psql without server-installation > > On 2008-08-07 11:49, Christian.Strobl@xxxxxx wrote: > > > maybe i misworded my problem. i am looking for the possibility to > > install a psql client (without a server) out of the sources. > > It is not a basic problem - it is your solution for a > problem, which maybe does have another, better solution. > > > i have to compile psql for myself because otherwise (installing > > binaries with packaging tools) i have no (or minimal) control about > > the version of the client. > > You can use official yum repository and you'll have total > control of client version. It works for RedHatEL/CentOS/Fedora: > http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/reporpms/repoview/ > > Regards > Tometzky > -- > ...although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there > was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better > than when you were... > Winnie the Pooh >
